Screen for revolving windows.



H. HIGGIN K "C. TRAUT.

SCREEN FOR REVOLVING WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED-APR. 27, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED APILZY, I9I5- 1,165,6fi1, Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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HENRY HIGGIN AND CLIFFORD TRAUT, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNORS TO THEHIGGIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFNEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION or WESTVIRGINIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2%, 1915.

Application filed April 27, 1915. Serial No. 24,328.

in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have'invented certainnew and useful Improvements -in Screens for Revolving lVindows, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to screens for revolving windows, wherein thewindow is pivoted at or near. its median line and the screens aremounted one on one side and the other on the other side of the window.In screens of this type it is necessary to provide means on the windowor the screen to maint ain a contact between the two during therevolving or opening of the window. Y Our invention is directed to meanfor providing screens having simple mountings in the window frame, andfor providing adjustable contact devices between the window sash and thescreen members, whereby a close fit may be maintained.

It i also an object of our invention to provide for certain play in thescreen members, whereby the closeness of the fit of said contact meanswill not cause a binding of parts upon the opening of the window.

These objects we accomplish by that certain construction and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more specifically'pointed out and claimed.wherein the upper screen member is located on the outside of the windowand the lower screen on the inside thereof, and play is allowed for sothat the upper screen may have a slight upward movement and the lowerscreen may have a slight outward movement. p

In the draWings,'Figure l'is a front elevation of the window taken fromthe inside. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the middle of the windowtaken on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section takenon the line. 3, .3, of Fig. 6, with the outside of the window toward theobserver. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken through one of themuntins of the sash, showing the small closing plate and turned towardthe observer as in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the window,from the outside. Fig. 6 is a side elevation-"of the window frame andwindow. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the frame member for the upperscreen. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of the outside contactplate. Fig. 9 is a like View of the inside contact plate.

The window is shown as being mounted on the frame members 1, 2, 3 and 4of a steel sash construction (Figs. 1 and 5). The window has a sashhaving side members 5 and 6 and top and bottom members 7 and 8respectively. A pivot pin- 9, inserted through the frame and the sidesof the sash at each side, serves as a hinge onwhich the sash revolves,and the sash has flanges 10 located on the outside below and on theinside above. The window frame has like flanges 11, which are located onthe inside below and the out'ide above, whereby the window when revolvedwill only swing into positions with the upper portion inwardly and thelower (Fig. This sash and frame form no part of our invention, but aremerely a structure now on the market and selected by us for purposes ofillustration. The window sash has the usual muntin's 13, 13, for holdingthe glass 14, 14, and is adapted to revolve on the hinges or pivots nowbriefly referred to so as to swing the sash portion below the center ofthe window outwardly and the portion above the center inwardly. Suitablysecured (by rivets or the like) to portion outwardly extending the framemembers of the window are screen holders formed of angle iron.' Theupper screen holder has Side bars 15, 15, and a top bar 16, and it isset onto the window frame with the inwardly projecting flange 17 of theangle iron against the frame (Fig. 7) and'the open side of the holderextending out from the window. Clips 18, 18, are mounted on the top bar16 to hold the upper end of the upper screen, and slots 19, 19, areformed-in the lower ends of the side bars to hold the lower end of thescreen, as will be described.

The upper screen has top and bottom frame members 20, 21, and sidemembers 22, 22, and mounted at the sides of the said frame at the twobottom corners are springpressed pins 23 having handles 24-. When theslots 19, the top of the screen will not abut against the holding frame,and therefore the screen is so mounted that it may be pushed upwardly ashort distance, owing to the sliding of the pins in their respectiveslots.

The lower screen has,a holder likewise made of angle iron, and havingside bars 25, 25, and a bottom bar 26. The inwardly extending flange 27of this holder likewise abuts against and is secured to the windowframe, and the clips 28, 28, are mounted on the bottom bar. The lowerscreen has top and bottom frame members 29 and 30, and side members 31,31. Mounted on the Window frame at each side are small brackets 32, 32,which have mounted on them the pivoted fingers'33, 33. These fingers arepositioned so as to be swung over the screen when mounted in its holder,and the screen has mounted on each side frame member 31, 31, a springstrip 34, 34, against which the said fin ers will abut. 'In mounting thelower scree therefore, it is placed into its holder from the front withits lower frame member behind the clips 28, and the fingers 33.are swungover into contact with the spring strips 34. The screen will then becapable of a slight outward movement to accommodate the window sashcontact plates, as will he hereinafter developed.

A spring catch 35, mounted on the upper member of the window sash,serves to hold shut the window, and this catch is released and the topof the window pulled down inwardly by means of a chain 36 depending fromthe catch and held by a slotted plate 37.

The upper frame member 29 of'the lower screen and the lower frame member21 of the upper screen lie adjacent to the median line or axis of therevolving window sash, and contact plates are provided as heretofore'mentioned to maintain the space between these members and the windowsash closed in all positions of the window.

The lower contact plate having side members 38, 38, and a rounded end 39(Fig. 9)

has mounting plates 40 at each side which are secured by screws 41 tothe sash. It is also closed at each end by plates 42, and'is cut away at44, to clear the muntins of the sash.

There are provided together with the contact plate a set of extensionclip plates 45 formed of a beaded fold of metal, which are adapted toclamp over the inner edges of the contact plate, one strip to extendbetween each muntin clearance cut 44. The plate is' therefore mountedfixedly on the window sash and the extension strips are adjustable whenset in place to close off all spaces between the edges of the contactplate and the window exactly. When the window'swings on its pivots therounded side of the plate will maintain a constant contact with the andlower side of the contact member.

upper frame-member of the lower screen, and anyresultant binding will beallowed for by the freedom of the lower screen to move outwardly in itsmounting as already detailed.

The outside contact plate is similar in construction to the insideplate. It has the side members 46, 46, and a rounded face 47. Thisoutside contact plate is held against the sash by means of plates 49,having screws 50 by which they are adjustably secured in the slots 51formed in the upper The plates 49 close the ends of the contact member,and have flanges 52 which extend outwardly and are inserted underneaththe mullion 53' of the window sash, the putty being scraped away forthis purpose. This contact member is likewise provided with extensionclip plates 45 as in the case of the inner contactmember. The clampplates 54 are provided for adjustably mounting this outside oruppercontact member. These plates are fastened to the muntins of thesash in the following manner (Fig. 4). The plates are cut away toclosely fit over the muntin and a portion 55 of the metal is turned upin making said out so as to extend up along the muntin. The plates aresecured to the upper side of the contact member, by means of tongues 56,56, formed by cutting away a portion of the plates and turning itdownwardly, said tongues extending through slots (not shown) formed inthe contact member. A triangular clip 57 is providedadapted to hookunder the muntin at 58 and having aset screw 59 to bear againsttheportion 55 of the plates. This method of mounting the upper contactmember does not form a part of this invention, but is adopted herein asproviding a convenient method of adjustably securing the said contactmember to the window sash.

It is believed that the various detaiis of our invention have now beendescribed and the application of the claimsthat follow,.

equivalent structures, where the wording of said claims permits.

Having thus descrlbed our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is g 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, in combination with a revolving window, and a frame therefor,an upper and a lower screen holder mounted on the frame, one outside andone inside of the window, means for resiliently and detachably retainingthe screens in said holders, and curved contact plates on the window tobear on the screens, said plates having side portions extending towardthe window and adjustable extenme ian sion strips on the side portionsto completely close the space between the side portions and the window.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window, and a frame therefor, a screen holder mounted on theframe, means for resiliently and detachablyretaining the screen in saidholder, and a curved contact plate on the window to bear on the screen,said plate having side portions extending toward the window andadjustable extension strips on the side portions to completely close thespace between the side portions and the window.

3. lin a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window having its axis near its median line, a frame for sa1dwindow, upper and lower screen holders on the frame, and means in saidholders for holding the one screen resilient to move upwardly and theother resilient to move outwardly, and curved contact members on thewindow and positioned to contact with the screens.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window, and a frame therefor, a screen for said window, meansfor mounting the screen in the frame, with its upper end adjacentto theaxis of the window, a contact plate mounted on the window, said platehaving side portions extending toward the window, and extension stripson said side portions to abut tightly against the window, said contactmeans positioned so as to ride against the upper end of the screen.

5. lin a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window, and a frame therefor, a screen, a holder for thescreen mounted on the frame, said holder being open away from the windowso that the screen may be easily set and removed, means to hold thescreen at the base of the holder, spring strips at the base of thescreen, and holding members mounted on the frame and engaging over thespring strips, resiliently holding the upper end of the screen in theholder, and curved contact means on the window centered substantiallyalong its axial line and positioned so as to ride against the top ofthescreen.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window, and a frame therefor, a screen, a holder for thescreen, mounted on the frame, said holder being open away from thewindow so that the screen may be easily set and removed, means to holdthe screen at the top of the'holder, slots in the holder at the lowersides, and members mounted on the screen and adapted to project into theslots, said projecting members being adapted to slide in the slots, andsaid screen being of a size that it does not abut the top of the holderwhen in normal position therein.

7. In a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window, and a frame therefor, a screen, a holder for thescreen mounted on the frame, said holder being open away from the windowso that the screen may be easily set in and removed, means to hold thescreen at the top of the holder, slots in the holder at the lower sides,and members mounted on the screen and adapted to project into the slots,and

projecting members being-adapted to slidev in the slots, and said screenbeing of a size that it does not abut the top of the holder when innormal position therein, means on the window to contact with the lowerend of the screen, and means for mounting said contact means at anydesired position of the window.

8. In a device of the character described, in combination with arevolving window having a sash, a screen therefor, means for mountingthe screen so that its end lies adj acent to the axial iine of thewindow, a contact plate on the window having a rounded contactsurfacearid side portions extending toward the window, end platesadjustably mounted in the contact plates so as to close the ends thereofand projecting flanges from said end plates, adapted to be insertedunder the window sash mullions.

HENRY HIGGIN. CLIFFORD TRAUT.

